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technology, on which we become evermore dependent, may give us
no choice. We may well be the architects of our own demise. But if
etiquette is to the fore, at least the machines may say please before
they ease us along the well-worn path to extinction.
Acknowledgments
e present work was facilitated by a Grant from the Army Research
Laboratories under ARL, Task Order 81: Contract DAAD19-
01-C-0065; “Scalable Interfaces for Dismounted Soldier Applications,”
Mike Barnes, Grant Monitor. e views expressed here are those
of the author and do not necessarily represent those of any named
individual or agency. I’d very much like to thank Chris Miller and
Caroline Hayes for their kind invitation to contribute to the presen ...